Russia – Yaroslavl – More Treasures
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Russia – Setting off for the Golden Cities
The Moscow Canal will take us to the Volga. Its 80 miles was a Stalin project, begun […]
Russia – Moscow – Surprises and More Surprises
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The riverboat terminal where our ship is docked is a 40-minute drive from […]
Russia – Moscow – Not in Kansas Anymore
Russia! Dismal, gray, food lines, sullen babushkas.
The pictures in my head don’t change no matter what the […]
Italy – Taking Venice – Mission Accomplished
The Taking Venice manuscript is 12,000 words longer, we’ve identified the main venues where Catarina’s story unfolds, […]
Italy – Venice – Music, Music, Music
We’ve been adventuring, but are home again and battling the forces of nature threatening to take over […]
Italy – Venice – What a Hood!
Foreign Writes apologizes for the long gap in posts. The cause – another adventure – just […]
Italy – Venice – Getting to the Magic
Foreign Writes — off to Venice.
Three weeks in La Serenissima, justified, if a visit to Venice ever […]
Peru – Last Lunches in Lima
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We’re back in the big city after our Amazon adventure, with a couple […]
Peru – Amazon – Pink Dolphins, Jungle Cafe and Fond Farewells
Our expedition leader, Lucio, explains that every Lindblad/National […]
Peru – Eating on the Amazon
We can’t say goodbye to the Dolphin II without a mention of the culinary wonders that emerge […]
From the Miss Mouse Chronicles – A Cathedral Christmas
Miss Mouse could just make out a scurrying shape in front of her as she struggled through […]
Peru – The Amazon – Meet Los Ribereros
Of course, the Amazon is more than exotic plants and animals. The ribereros, in villages large and […]
Peru – The Amazon – Learning on the River
Granddaughter and contributing Amazon expedition photographer, Emma, is helping her school raise money to drill wells to […]